dropSequence

Last updated: March 26, 2026

Last updated: March 25, 2026

Drops an existing sequence.

Known issue: The Liquibase dropSequence change type is not compatible for Snowflake users in Liquibase Secure 5.1 using YAML or JSON change type formats. This does not affect XML change types at all. If you’re connecting to a Snowflake database, Liquibase automatically detects you are using the Snowflake dropSequence change type and breaks backwards compatibility with the Liquibase dropSequence change type. We recommend upgrading to Liquibase Secure 5.1.1 to use createView with YAML and JSON change type formats successfully.

Run `dropSequence`

To run this Change Type, follow these steps:

Add the Change Type to your changeset, as shown in the examples on this page.
Specify any required attributes. Use the table on this page to see which ones your database requires.
Deploy your changeset by running the update command:liquibase update

Available attributes

Name	Description	Required for	Supports	Since
`catalogName`	Name of the catalog		all	3.0
`schemaName`	Name of the schema		all
`sequenceName`	Name of the sequence	all	all

Database support

Database	Notes	Auto Rollback
DB2/LUW	Supported	No
DB2/z	Supported	No
Derby	Supported	No
Firebird	Supported	No
Google BigQuery	Supported	No
H2	Supported	No
HyperSQL	Supported	No
INGRES	Not Supported	No
Informix	Supported	No
MariaDB	Not Supported	No
MySQL	Not Supported	No
Oracle	Supported	No
PostgreSQL	Supported	No
Snowflake	Supported	No
SQL Server	Supported	No
SQLite	Not Supported	No
Sybase	Not Supported	No
Sybase Anywhere	Supported	No

dropSequence examples

--liquibase formatted sql

--changeset liquibase-docs:dropSequence-example
DROP  SEQUENCE  [public].seq_id;

databaseChangeLog:
-  changeSet:
    id:  dropSequence-example
    author:  liquibase-docs
    changes:
    -  dropSequence:
        catalogName:  cat
        schemaName:  public
        sequenceName:  seq_id

{
    "databaseChangeLog": [
        {
            "changeSet": {
                "id": "dropSequence-example",
                "author": "liquibase-docs",
                "changes": [
                    {
                        "dropSequence": {
                            "catalogName": "cat",
                            "schemaName": "public",
                            "sequenceName": "seq_id"
                        }
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    ]
}

<databaseChangeLog
    xmlns="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns:ext="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext"
    xmlns:pro="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-latest.xsd
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-ext.xsd
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro/liquibase-pro-latest.xsd">

    <changeSet  author="liquibase-docs"  id="dropSequence-example">
        <dropSequence  catalogName="cat"
            schemaName="public"
            sequenceName="seq_id"/>
    </changeSet>

</databaseChangeLog>

--liquibase formatted sql

--changeset liquibase-docs:dropSequence-example
DROP  SEQUENCE  [public].seq_id;

databaseChangeLog:
-  changeSet:
    id:  dropSequence-example
    author:  liquibase-docs
    changes:
    -  dropSequence:
        catalogName:  cat
        schemaName:  public
        sequenceName:  seq_id

{
    "databaseChangeLog": [
        {
            "changeSet": {
                "id": "dropSequence-example",
                "author": "liquibase-docs",
                "changes": [
                    {
                        "dropSequence": {
                            "catalogName": "cat",
                            "schemaName": "public",
                            "sequenceName": "seq_id"
                        }
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    ]
}

<databaseChangeLog
    xmlns="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns:ext="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext"
    xmlns:pro="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-latest.xsd
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-ext.xsd
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro/liquibase-pro-latest.xsd">

    <changeSet  author="liquibase-docs"  id="dropSequence-example">
        <dropSequence  catalogName="cat"
            schemaName="public"
            sequenceName="seq_id"/>
    </changeSet>

</databaseChangeLog>

dropSequence

Run dropSequence

Available attributes

Database support

dropSequence examples

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Run `dropSequence`